YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

I feel like nothing about my life is working. I feel like every day I have just enough energy to pull the string on my back so I can wobble around and pretend to be alive. I'm lonely, I'm exhausted, I'm horny, I'm broke, I'm in pain, I'm ugly and I have no will left. I'm 34 and living with family. I...

Well said Paul. I completely agree. Recently I told some that I was spiritual but not religious and was asked what the difference was. You did a much better job at describing spirituality than I did.

If I tell people I go to therapy I assume people will have pity for me which is the worst feeling to endure. Although judgement seems to be intertwined with pity as well most of the time. I love my family and I know they want the best for me but sometimes what they want to give me is not what I need...

InsaneIan wrote: I use to cry at the drop of a hat when I was young and through my teens. About ten years ago my best friend died of cancer and I had a few tears then but haven't cried since. I'm sorry to hear about that. Do you want to cry, or even try, but can't? Sadness comes to me like a "...

I use to cry at the drop of a hat when I was young and through my teens. About ten years ago my best friend died of cancer and I had a few tears then but haven't cried since.

The only things I've found that helps is marijuana and alcohol but I stay away from that because I got a bum liver. I've been afraid of seeking professional help due to stigma and judgement even by my immediate family. Right now what I do is ride out the waves of depression, etc. by indulging or pam...

Thanks for doing this podcast. It's really helped me confront what I'm doing and not doing about my mental illness. Something you said that made a lot of sense is the five pronged approach (I take meds, exercise, eat healty, try to help others and share my feelings.). I actually don't do any of thes...

I'm 30 years old, male and live in Albany, NY. I have been suffering from several self diagnosed mental issues from a young age. When I was one year old I was diagnosed with leukemia which left me with large facial scars. This has crippled my confidence and has left me with an inability to have any ...